Hyginus Ekwuazi

Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi was a former Acting Head of the Department of Theatre Arts in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He also served as Director General of the Nigerian Film Corporation. Ekwuazi currently acts as a jury in several awards competitions and festivals, including the Africa Movie Academy Awards, and is an adjunct lecturer at the School of Media and Communication at Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos, Nigeria. He heads the graduate programme in film production at Pan-Atlantic University’s School of Media & Communication. Among numerous management and consultancy roles, he was founding Consulting Director, National Film Institute, Jos, CEO of the Nigeria Film Corporation (NFC), and also served as the Lead Trainer-Consultant for the World Bank funded Growth & Empowerment (GEM) project for Nollywood. His research focus has been primarily on Nollywood history and criticism, and on production. His publication profile includes a substantial body of articles and books, as well as creative works, including 'Film in Nigeria' (1987; 1991; 2018), 'A New Approach to the Screenplay' (1993; 2002), 'The Television/Film Documentary: A Production Resource book' (1998; 2008), and 'Advertising on Television: The Television Commercial from Premise, through Concept & Copy to Storyboard & Production' (2007). He is also known for his work as a writer for 'A Play Called a Temple Made of Clay' (2014).